A TURKISH Cypriot man diagnosed with leukaemia has become the first resident of the occupied areas to receive financial aid from the Cyprus government for an overseas transplant operation, his haematologist at the Makarios Hospital said yesterday.
WHEN President John F. Kennedy promised in 1961 to send Americans to the Moon before the end of the decade, he meant it — and it happened only eight years later. When President George H.W.
THE LATEST round of rises in the price of heating fuel has sparked a small-scale popular revolt around the island. People who live in the mountains and use their central heating systems for six months of the year have been up in arms since Thursday, when the last price hike was announced by the government.
SIMERINI: “Tell the truth about the Pakistanis”. Police chief Tasos Panayiotou was told to clear the four Pakistanis recently arrested for questioning in connection with an alleged terrorist attack at Paphos airport.
THE RESULTS of the latest weekend round of fixtures in the Cypriot league confirmed that this championship is as unpredictable as they come and that the title race will be tight to the last. League leaders APOEL unexpectedly dropped points in Larnaca, where hosts AEK forced them to a 2-2 draw. All four goals were scored in the second half.
THE GREEN Party yesterday warned it would take action if Larnaca Municipality did not complete the cleanup of the area near the Salt Lake where a clay pigeon range used to operate. The range was closed down last year following the deaths of 52 migratory flamingos from lead poisoning caused by the pellets. A post mortem found 80 pellets in just one flamingo’s stomach.
THE CYPRUS stock exchange plans to restructure listing costs to attract foreign companies to the bourse after a major revamp of the market slated for later this year, a senior official said yesterday.
THE Telecommunications Regulator yesterday granted the first fixed telephony licence to a privately-owned company, which pledged to provide cheaper local and international rates. The Chairman of the board of Telepassport Telecommunication, former defence minister Socratis Hasikos, said his company would offer cheaper services than CyTA.
A 42-YEAR-OLD Limassol man was arrested after his German Shepherd attacked and injured six people, including four teenagers, at a rally yesterday. Police said the man was arrested for committing an act of negligence and thoughtlessness after he failed to take all necessary precautions to ensure his canine was not a danger to others.
FARMERS in the Famagusta district are threatening to take action in protest at the latest increases in fuel prices. The threats come after angry protests on Sunday by residents of mountain villages protesting against the increased price of heating fuel. The price increase has also sparked fury among potato farmers, who claim the rise in prices will destroy them.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
